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->2. Installation</H1
+>2. Installation</A
+></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WHICHBROWSERS"
-></A
>2.1. Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which
should be virtually all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="WHICHOS"
-></A
->2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</H3
+>2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</A
+></H3
><P
> At present, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="EMAIL-CLIENT"
-></A
>2.3. Can I use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> with my email client?</H3
+> with my email client?</A
+></H3
><P
> As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client, then yes,
any application can be used, whether it is strictly speaking a
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="NEWINSTALL"
-></A
>2.4. Can I install
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> over <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> We recommend you un-install <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN218"
-></A
+NAME="AEN226"
>2.5. I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>. Is there anything
-special I have to do now?</H3
+special I have to do now?</A
+></H3
><P
> All browsers must be told to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="LOCALHOST"
-></A
>2.6. What is the proxy address of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> If you set up the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> to run on
the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
- networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <TT
+ networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <VAR
CLASS="LITERAL"
->127.0.0.1</TT
+>127.0.0.1</VAR
>
(sometimes referred to as <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> does not currently handle
- protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, or other Internet
- protocols.
+ any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="NOTHING"
-></A
>2.7. I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, and nothing is happening.
-All the ads are there. What's wrong?</H3
+All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
+></H3
><P
> Did you configure your browser to use <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> is running, and your browser
is correctly configured by entering the special URL:
<A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/"
+HREF="http://p.p/"
TARGET="_top"
->http://config.privoxy.org/</A
->.
+>http://p.p/</A
+>.
+
This should take you to a page titled <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"This is Privoxy.."</SPAN
HREF="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE"
TARGET="_top"
>log file</A
+>. For instructions
+ on starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> and browser configuration,
+ see the <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>chapter
+ on starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+></A
+> in the
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>user manual</A
+>.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="NOTUSED"
+>2.8. I get a <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
+> dummy page although
+<SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is running and being used.</A
+></H3
+><P
+> First, make sure that Privoxy is <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>really</I
+></SPAN
+> running and
+ being used by visiting <A
+HREF="http://p.p/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://p.p/</A
+>. You
+ should see the <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> main page. If not, see
+ the <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>chapter
+ on starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+></A
+> in the
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>user manual</A
+>.</P
+><P
+> Now if <A
+HREF="http://p.p/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://p.p/</A
+> works for you, but
+ other parts of <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>'s web interface show
+ the dummy page, your browser has cached a redirection it encountered before
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> was being used. You need to clear your
+ browser's cache. Note that shift-reloading the dummy page won't help, since
+ that'll only refresh the dummy page, not the redirection that lead you there.</P
+><P
+> The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser. As an
+ example, <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Mozilla</SPAN
+> users would click
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Edit</SPAN
+> --> <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Preferences</SPAN
+> -->
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Advanced</SPAN
+> --> <SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Cache</SPAN
+> and
+ then click both <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"<SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Clear Memory Cache</SPAN
+>"</SPAN
+>
+ and <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"<SPAN
+CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
+>Clear Disk Cache</SPAN
+>"</SPAN
>.</P
></DIV
></DIV